Vice Admiral P.A. de Suffren, Medal Presented by the States of Provence, for the Protection of the Cape of Good Hope, the Capture of Trincomalee, the Liberation of Cuddalore and the Defence of the Cape of Good Hope
Also known as: Vice-admiraal P.A. de Suffren, penning geschonken door de Staten van Provence, wegens de bescherming van kaap de Goede Hoop, de inname van Trincomalee, de bevrijding van Goudelour en de verdediging van Kaap de Goede Hoop
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1784
Bronze medal. Obverse: bust of a man within circumscription. Reverse: inscription below coat of arms within myrtle wreath. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2882; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 4.9 cm x weight 58.82 g.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 4.9 cm x weight 58.82 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 4.9 cm x weight 58.82 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within circumscription.
- Reverse
- inscription below coat of arms within myrtle wreath.
Identification
- Original title
- Vice-admiraal P.A. de Suffren, penning geschonken door de Staten van Provence, wegens de bescherming van kaap de Goede Hoop, de inname van Trincomalee, de bevrijding van Goudelour en de verdediging van Kaap de Goede Hoop
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-2882
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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